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Primera Generación Dance Collective's 'Nepantla' officially makes its way to the stage after being stalled by a pandemic.

a href= https://mikekelleyfoundation.org target= _blank The Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts /a announced today the recipients of its second ye

The Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts will award $400,000 in organizational support grants to Southern California art organizations whose annual operating budgets are under $5 million.

The studio of acclaimed artist Shinique Smith is pleased to announce Breathing Room: Moon Marked Journey, a film meditation on breath, Indigo, and blue as a color that has long ...

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill MLK Lecture and Awards Ceremony The MLK Lecture and Awards Ceremony has featured such speakers as journalist Soledad O’Brien, Attorney General Loretta Lynch, former NAACP President/activist Benjamin Jealous, professor/author/radio host Dr. Michael Eric Dyson and many more since its inception over 40 years ago. The event also includes the presentation of the  MLK UNC Scholarship for UNC juniors whose public and private community activities dem...

ARTS The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey Cinnabar Theaters production of James Lecenses gay-themed solo play, performed by Michael Pavone. Thru Jan. 31. https://cinnabartheater.org/ Ann Los Altos Stage Companys production of Holland Taylors one-woman play about the amazing outspoken late Texas Governor Ann Richards, performed by Judith Miller. Jan. 22-24, 29-31. $20 per device. http://losaltosstage.org Bechtel Fest 8 Chicagos Broken Nose Theatre company presents a series of online plays; ...

“Masterpiece Moment” This new series of short videos showcasing curated artworks from museums around the country launches with a piece from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art permanent collection: Mark Bradford’s monumental 2017 painting “150 Portrait Tone.” Available anytime. Free. lacma.org, bankofamerica.com, youtube.com “Dr. Katz: Live” Comics Dave Attell, Maria Bamford, Jim Gaffigan and Dom Irrera are the “patients” joining “therapist” and series cocreator Jonathan ...

ARTS Bechtel Fest 8 Chicagos Broken Nose Theatre company presents a series of online plays; the annual festival of new short plays features an ensemble of femme, female-identifying, non-binary, trans and queer actors talking about things other than men; free, thru March 26. https://brokennosetheatre.com/ Broadway on AirBnB Promotional-sponsored performances by a variety of talents: Tittus Burgess, cast members from Moulin Rouge, Mrs. Doubtfire, and more, plus dance, yoga, tarot and circus clas...

3 Things to Do This Week in DC (and Beyond) A healing arts exhibit at the Kennedy Center, a NSFW film festival, and Birchmeres Concert Lovers series 1SHARES FILM Film Maudit 2.0 Festival In 1949, Jean Cocteau launched a festival to celebrate overlooked, shocking, and experimental works of cinema that the gay, influential avant-garde filmmaker named after a French phrase literally meaning “cursed films.” The outré concept was revived last year by the Highways Performance Space & Gallery, a ...

Santa Monicas revered Highways Performance Space presents Film Maudit 2.0, a truly unusual selection of feature, short and experimental films, some that blend performance and cinema, and others with decidedly queer themes. Named after gay art film director/artist Jean Cocteaus term for his 1949 festival of "Cursed Films," the second annual festival spans a wide range of narrative styles and streams January 12-24. The festival is free with registration. With 125 works of cinema from 25 countries...